Coffee-canister.



E. SCHUYLER & C. R. SEYBERT.

COFFEE CANISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8. I916.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

5 4. m f 5 Z W Z IV/TNESS EDWARD SCHUYLER AND CHARLES R. SEYBERT, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

COFFEE-CANISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed January 8, 1916. Serial No. 71,088.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EowARo'ScHU'YLER and CHARLES R. SEYBERT, citizens of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the.

county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cofiee-Canisters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coffee canisters,

and the invention relates particularly to a ground-coffee container having an attachment formeasuring the coffee to be used.

The objectof the invention is to provide a simple and serviceable container for ground cofiee, which is detachably mounted, in an inverted position, in a suitable bracket.

A further object is to provide a detachable closure or cap for closing the mouth of the canister.

A further object is to provide a rotatable measuring device which is supported by said closure or cap, by means of which accurately measured portions of the ground coffee may be withdrawn by gravity from the canister, and then discharged into a coffee-pot, or percolator. And a further object is to provide novel resilient means for connecting the measuring device to the cap or closure of the canister.

The various features and parts of the invention will be understood from the detailed description which follows, by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side-elevation of the com-' plete device and its support. Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged central vertical section, taken on line v33 of Fig. 2, showing the resilient connection betweenthe measuring cup or drum and the canister; Fig. 4. is a transverse vertical section, taken on line 4-4'of Fig. 2, showing 7 the measuring cup in the position to receive the contents of the canister. Fig. 5, is a similar section showing the measuring cup operated sufliciently to discharge its contents. Fig. 6 is an isometric View of the measuring cup.

In the drawing, 2 represents the canister or container for ground cofiee, tea, and the like, which may be made of glass or metal,

and which is preferably inverted after being filled, as shownin Fig. 1, and detachably' mounted in a bracket comprising a yoke 3,

to receive the body of the canister, and a loop 4 to receive the neck or reduced portion of the canister. The bracket 34 may he made out of any suitable material andin many designs, one of which, made of wire, we have illustrated in the drawing. In applying the canister to the bracket, the neck of the canister is inserted in the loop 4 and then the body is forced between the arms of the yoke 3, which hold the canister in the upright position, as shown.

5 represents a metal cap, which may be snappedor screwed on to the mouth of the canister, in the usual manner, but is preferably readily detachable for permitting the quick refilling of the container. The body of the cap 5 is perforated centrally, as at 6, by the use of a suitable punch and die, the

perforation being substantially square, as

shownv in Fig. 2. The opening 6 in the cap is formed by shearing the metal on three sides, for producing a tongue 7, which is afterward bent outwardly substantially at right angles to theplane of the cap, and

said tongue is formed into a substantially true are for providing. a guard which cooperates with the movable measuring parts.

8 represents the measuring cup or drum, which is a hollow cylindrical part, having a circumferential opening 9, by means of which the cup is filled and emptied. The

cylinder 8 is disposed partway in the opening 6 or" the cap, as best seen in Figs. 2, 3, 4

and 5. The cup 8 is held in place, and allowed to partially rotate, having its bearin against the opposite ends of the slot 6, an

also against the hollow side of the guard 7 by a pair of coil springs 10 and 10. One end of each spring is inserted in perforations 11 in the cap at the opposite sides of the opening 6, while the opposite ends of the springs are inserted through openings 12 which are disposed centrally'in the opposite ends of the cup 8. The springs '10 and 10 are so arranged that they tend to draw and hold the cup 8 in positive engagement with the margins of the opening 6 of the cap, and yet allow the cup to be partially rotated, as from the full to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1. From one end of the cup 8 projects a handle 13, by means of which the cup is rocked or turned during the filling and emptying operations (see Figs. 2, 4 and 5). The capacity of the cup or measuring part 8 may be varied to suit the uses to which it is put. For common household use the cups 8 are preferably made to hold the portion orvamount of ground coffee, usually about a tablespoonful, allotted to each drinker.

To obtain the coffee from the canister 2,

- the operator holds a coffee-pot directly bethe other hand he grasps the handle 13, and

Death the cup 8, with one hand, while with rocks the cup back and forth as many times as there are persons to be served. Each time the cup 8 is turnedto the position shown in .Figs. .1 and 4, the opening 9 in the cup is brought opposite the opening 6 in the cap, and the ground coffee or other contents of the canister gravitates into the cup 8', and theturning of the cup 8 to the position shown in Fig, 5 shifts the opening 9 to the bottom side of the cup, clear of'the guard 7,

and the measured portion of the coffee will escape by gravity from the cup 8.

Owing to the extreme simplicity of our ini vention it only requires a minute or two to refill the. canister, and the contents, or the portion thereof required for a meal, can be withdrawn inla few seconds time,-w1thout any waste or loss. When the cup 8 is in either the'closed or the open position: the canister is practically air tight.

Having thus described our invention,

what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isa r 1. In a' measuring device forcanisters, the

combination with a rotatable cylindrical I measuring cup having an opening to receive the contents of the canister and a handle for manipulating the said cup, of a detachable cap for closing the mouth of the canister, said cap having a central perforation and an integral arc-shaped guard, depending from one margin of said perforation, said guard square perforation and a depending arc- .shaped guard having a breadth equal to one side of said perforation, a rotatable measuring cup disposed partially in said ,perforation and having its lateral bearing in the hollow side of said guard, said cup having an opening to receive the contents of the canister and adapted to be rotated in said perforation and in said guard for discharging said contents after the opening in said cup passes below the free end of said guard,

and means for holding said cup in frictional contact with saidcap.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

EDWARD SCHUYLER. CHARLES R. SEYBERT. 

